Rail-joint and supporting-tie.



P. SOTAK. RAIL JOINTAND SUPPORTING TIE.

APPHCATION FILED APR.'19. 1915.

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To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, PAUL SOTAK, a subject of the King of Hungary, residing at Homer City, in the county of- Indiana and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Rad" Joints and'Supporting-Ties, of which the" following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in rail joints and supporting ties.

An object of the present invention ls'to provide a tie and rail construction in which the ties and rails are held in interlocked position without the use of auxiliary fastening means.

A further object of the invention is to pro vide interlocking rails and ties in which the meeting ends of the rails form a scarf joint, the'rails being associated with the ties at their meeting ends in a manner to prevent separating movement of the rails.

With the above and other objects in view that will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings forming a part of this application and in which like designating characters refer to corresponding parts throughout the several views :Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a supporting tie built in accordance with the present invention, with the rails supported thereon, the rails being shown in section. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of a portion of a track. Figs. 3 and 4 are detail perspective views of the opposed meeting rail ends. Fig. 5 is a side elevational view of the meeting rail ends in assembled position with the supporting tie shown in section, and, Fig. 6 is a detailed perspective view partly in section of a portion of one of the supporting ties which illustrates the construction of tie forming the rail seat.

Briefly described, the present invention aims to provide a rail joint in'which the ends of rails are adapted to be held relatively immovable and associated with supporting ties in such manner as to interlock therewith, whereby the use of. fastening bolts and nuts, etc, is obviated. The meeting rail ends are of the scarf type so that a bridge piece overlies the contacting faces of the Specification Letters Patent.

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railicnds while the base flanges or lower ends of the rails carry means that are adapted 'to cetiperate with the supporting tie to prevent-movement of the rails in a longitudinal. direction, while upward movement ofdhe'rails is prevented by overhanging dedg'es or shoulders forming a part of the supporting ties.

Describing the invention in detail, the reference numeral 10 designates the supporting ties which are provided adjacent each end with a cut-away portion to provide a seat for the railssupported thereon. I

A detail. View of one of the rail seats is shown in Fig. 6 wherein the bottom wall of the seat is upwardly inclined from each side edge toward the center as at 11 to provide a substantially anticlinal base, this construction being clearly shown in Fig. 1. The end walls of the seat portion extend inwardly as at 12 to provide overhanging shoulders adapted to engage the base of the rails. An opening 1.3 is formed in each of the inclined portions 11 at the lower edges thereof and spaced between the side edges of the tie 10, the purpose of which will presently appear.

The rails 1d are substantially triangular in cross-section as shown. in Fig. 1 and inelude solid web and base portions 15, the bottom faces of the rails being cut-away to provide a substantially inverted V-shapcd bottom face 15, while the treads are desig nated 16. As shown in Fig. the tread i8 is cutaway its end to provide a semicylindrical recess 17 adapted for the re- Qeption of the semi-cylindrical projection 18 carried by the tread portion 16 of the opposed rail end, as shown in Fig. 3. In as sembled position, as shown in side elevation in Fig. 5, the projection. 18 is seated within the recess 17 while the end walls of the rail ends 14: lie juxtaposed. Each lower corner of the contacting faces of the rail ends is provided with a depending lug 19 adapted for reception in the recesses 13 formed in the tie 10 so that relative longitudinal m0vement of the rails 14.- is prevented.

As shown in Fig. 1. there is a slight space between the lowersides 1.5 of the rails and the overhanging shoulders 12, this space permitting the rails 14 to slide towardeach other upon the inclined portions 11 of the tie until the lugs-19 are positioned over the recesses 13, at which time the said rails 14 are lowered bjfitheir own Weight and assume the position. shown in Figs, and fi. it will be noted by this construction that relative longitudinal movement of the ties in a separating direction is prevented by the lugs 19 being received in the recesses 13, while upward movement of the rails is prevented by the overhanging shoulders 12 engaging the sides 15 of the said rails.

What I claim as new is A device of the class described, including meeting rail ends, supporting ties therefor including seat portions, each seat portion formed of upwardlyconverging sides adapted to provide a substantially anticlinal base,

overhanging shoulders formed above said seat, said shoulders adapted to engage the lower side edges of said rail to prevent upward movement thereof, and cooperating means between the rail ends and seat to prevent relative longitudinal movement of the rails.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of tWo Witnesses.

. PAUL SOTAK. Witnesses:

ANDRo BOBABY, MIKE PAVLIK. 

